1240 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [eth. ann. 35 



87 nights; and after they had danced for | three nights, and when night 

 came again, then | the Cannibal danced first; and after they had 



90 sung three of | his songs, he went into his sacred room, and || immedi- 

 ately the beak of the head-mask of Raven-at-North-End-of- World was 

 snapping. | Aiad while the beak was snapping, the Tamer and | the 

 One-Who-Presses-Down sang their sacred songs inside of the sacred 

 room at each side | of the house. Now they sang for the dance (of the 

 Raven) . | And when he came to the door of the house, the Hox"hok"- 



95 of-the-Sky || came out of his sacred room, and danced with the same 

 song that was used by | Raven-at-North-End-of- World. AVhen 

 Raven-at-North-End-of- World | came to the rear of the house, 

 Hox"hok"-of-the-Sky went to the door, | and Croolved-Beak-of-the- 

 Skycame out of the sacred room and danced; | and Raven-at-North- 

 400 End-of-World went into the sacred room, || and Hox"hok"-of-the-Sky 

 went to the rear. And then | Crooke<l-Beak-of-the-Sky went to 

 the door and danced, and then Hox"hok''-of-the-Sky went into | the 

 sacred room. And then Crooked-Beak-of-the-Sky went to the rear of 

 the house | and danced, and went into the sacred room. Then | the 

 Cannibal came, danced around the fire in the middle of the house, and 

 5 went back into his 1| sacred room naked. The song-leaders had not 

 been singing his songs for a long time, | when he came dancing out of 

 his room. Now he | wore a blanket of black-bear skin, and plaited 



87 p'.Enxwa^sa ganoLe yix"dEms, wa, la et'.ed ganoHda lae he g'll 

 j'ix-wideda hamatsla. Wa, g'U^mese yudux"sEme q'.Emt'.edayaq 

 lilxes q'.EmqlEmdEmaxs lae lats!alil laxes lE^me^lats'.e. Wa, hex'^i- 



90 daEm^lawise qEmk!ug"a^leda hamslwa^yexa Gwax''gwaxwalanux"si- 

 wa^ye. Wa, lii, ^uErnx'^IdaEm qEmk!ug"al LE^wa Hayallk'ila i.o^ 

 Lalaxwilaxs lae yeyalaqilla lax eots'.awases lelE^me^latsIe lax ^wax"se- 

 gwilasa g'okwe. Wii, la^me q!Emt!els6s qlEnidEmas. Wa, g'il- 

 ^mese la^stollla laxa t'.Ex'ilaxs g'axae g'ax'^wiihs'.alil Hox^hogwiix- 



95 tE^we laxa lE^me^ats'.e. Wa, la-me yixwas yu^masa g"alolts!alile 

 Gwax"gwaxwalanux"siwa^ye. Wii, g'U^mese la Gwax"gwaxwalanux"- 

 siwa^ye laxa ogwiwalile laase Hox"liog\vaxtE^we laxa tiExila. Wii, 

 g'axe g'ax^wutts!iilile GElogudza^ye liixa lE^me^ats'.e qa^s yix^wide. 

 Wa, lii lats!alile Gwiix"gwaxwiilanux"siwa^ye hlxa lE-me^lats!e. Wa, 

 400 lag'Eoiile H6x"hogwiixtE^we liixa ogwiwalile. Wii, la lastoliltj GeIo- 

 gudza liixa t!Ex ila qa^'sylx^wide. Wii, la lats!allle Hox"hog\v\ixtE^we 

 Uixa lE^me^latsle. Wa, la lag'EyolIIe GElogildza^ye liixa ogwiwalile 

 qa^s yix^wlde. Wii, lii latslalil liixa lE'miJ-latsIc. Wii, gaxeda 

 hilmats'.a la^stalilElaxa laqawallle qa^s le xwelaxtsla laxes lEme- 

 5 ^lats!e laxes xa^nalae. Wii, kMese gillaxs lae denx^Ideda nenagadiis 

 q!EmdEnias. Wii, g'iixe j^ix'wults!illilElaxes lE-me^la1s!e. Wii, la^me 

 ^nEX^iinalaxa L!a^3'e la k' lEdEdzEwak" LlagEkwe 5,we^stils. Wa, la 



